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I sort of expected the nudist community to be a bunch of hardline civil libertarians or something, but that doesn’t change how wonderful this story is: Nudists? Totally OK with the TSA’s new, aggressively denuding security scanners. https://gizmodo.com/is-it-this-easy-to-pull-straight-nude-pics-from-airport-5443901 The American Association for Nude Recreation defuses the situation with one of the most masterful PR segues…
Remember Craig “Lazie” Lynch, the British criminal who escaped prison last September, and then spent months taunting the police via Facebook? The assclown has been caught by Scotland Yard. [Fox News]
Fine, you’ve visited some questionable sites. One look at that Avatar sex scene script and whammo, your computer goes all weird. Download AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.0 now—it’s the best web threat protection you can get for Windows 7. There are enemies out there…protect yourself from web threats with AVG Anti-Virus Free 9.0. You’ll be protected…
Apple tablet, schablet. Who needs a stand-alone tablet when you can turn your existing MacBook into one? Inklet is a cool program which lets you draw on your trackpad, turning your scribbles into Photoshop masterpieces. To download, you’ll need to give up $24.95 (though there’s also a free demo that’s worth checking out), and will…
We’ve already followed the iPhone money, but this follow-up infographic from GigaOm proves what we suspected all along: the real money’s in apps. [GigaOm] https://gizmodo.com/so-just-where-does-all-that-iphone-money-go-5422776
Allegedly found on Intel’s Spanish Retail Edge Program site, this giveaway teases retailers winning two Core i5 MacBook Pros—which haven’t been announced yet. It’s either a marketing mistake or the most predictable leaked news ever. UPDATE UPDATE: The same promotion went out in the UK with a completely different graphics package. Such certainly points to…
Thought the Pirate Bay saga was done and dusted? I’m sure you can spare a few more tears for Universal Music, EMI Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music, who are still chasing their money from the two Swedish escapees. https://gizmodo.com/its-a-terrible-day-to-be-a-pirate-bay-5373196 Both Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij moved outside of Sweden after the trial, and while…
And if you’re looking to identify a few of the lesser known systems in this pile, Consollection is basically an mini encyclopedia on the matter. [Consollection via Gamefreaks via GameSetWatch via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/what-do-over-140-game-consoles-look-like-5446853
We’re just a couple of weeks away from Apple (supposedly) unveiling its tablet, or iSlate if you will, and while we’ve heard every possible rumor under the sun let’s revisit them in this handy visual guide. There’s a lot of speculation crammed into those four colors, but what do you think we’ll see on January…
Surprisingly this Emperor Accent Lamp hasn’t come from the Alessi house of design, but at least that means the price is kept down. Available in seven different colors, it’s just $113. Morgan Freeman’s voice sold separately. [Eco-Lights via Nerd Approved]
Because Americans just can’t understand sarcasm, it’s become necessary for a new form of punctuation to be invented. Welcome the SarcMark into your life, which costs $1.99 to download to your computer for UNLIMITED sarcasm alerts! Here’s SarcMark’s very professional business proposal in the popular video format [insert SarcMark here]: [SarcMark via Giz AU]
Very clever of Popcorn Hour to delay the announcement of their A-200 Networked Media Tank until after CES. They must’ve known we’d be scraping the dirge off the bottom of the gadget barrel. Following their cheap-as-chips Popbox streamer which was shown off last week, the A-200 is for the more serious viewers. It streams from…
Thankfully Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings wasn’t just stirring up hype last week when he said the chances of Netflix on Nintendo were “excellent,” as the deal’s just been inked and will debut in early Spring. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-ceo-chances-of-nintendo-wii-support-are-excel-5444155 Joining the PS3 and Xbox 360, Netflix will bring its streaming video service to the Wii, offering movies and…
If only I had testosterone floating through my body instead of estrogen, I’d be wearing this watch. Available on pre-order now, for $250. [Watchismo via BoingBoing]
Google’s really sticking it to the man this week, first over the Chinese censorship issue and now with their battle over Gmail security, switching from “http” to the far-safer “https” as the default setting. https://gizmodo.com/google-refuses-to-continue-censoring-results-in-china-5446712 What does this mean for you? Not much admittedly, as they’ve been offering the option for using https since 2008.…
Good news, N900 owners—all three of you—as Nokia’s Ovi Store is now available for download thanks to a firmware update. Don’t get too drunk on your apps downloading frenzy, now. [Nokia Conversations]
Google’s pushing the Nexus One hard, but could people be holding out for Apple to show its hand in June? 20,000 sales is 230,000 less than the Droid, and 1.580m less than the iPhone 3GS. [Mobile-Ent]
For a company that’s invaded our lives as much (and as well) as Google, the one thing they’ve never had to do is provide customer support—until now. And Nexus One owners are paying the price. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835 Selling an actual product to actual consumers is a very new game for Google, and if the myriad messageboard…
In today’s remainders, glimpses into possible futures: for some, the iPhone 4G can’t come soon enough; Windows Mobile 7 isn’t coming anytime soon; the BlackBerry 8910 is definitely on its way; and a concept lamp with a dim future. 4G Orgy The Korea Times had everyone atwitter today with their report that the iPhone 4G…
Samsung’s new 64GB flash NAND and 32GB microSD card may be the first of each to market, bringing lots more storage space to phones like the iPhone, Droid and Nexus One as well as other handheld devices. Big win! We don’t have specific information on either of the products (no pricing, availability, or speed) but…
